at play

phrase

1

: in the act of playing

the sounds of children at play

2

: being something that helps produce or influence a result

Several issues are at play in determining the price of gasoline.

Examples of at play in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are open races for governor, secretary of state and attorney general, in addition to control of the state legislature being at play. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

But there is another factor at play hurting the Democratic Party’s public voter registration that may not necessarily translate to people voting for Republican candidates on their ballots. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

The next step in this research is figuring out how much choice overload matters in a real chorus, where calls do overlap, and where sensory processing and cognitive processing are probably both at play. — Claire Therese Hemingway, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Critics are also concerned about creative accounting at play. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for at play

• airway
• allay
• archway
• array
• ashtray
• assez
• astray
• aue
• away
• ballet
• belay
• beltway